"Patriarchy denying women oil opportunities" 05 July 2014

Women in the Uganda’s oil-rich Albertine Region are failing to access employment and other opportunities in the oil and gas sector because they are overburdened with domestic work as well as other subsistence duties, a new report by International Alert, a peace building organization has revealed. An outcome of a survey carried out in Acholi, Bunyoro and West Nile sub-regions, the report, entitled What’s in it for us: Gender issues in Uganda’s oil and gas sector, indicates that women generally have less time, mobility and access to education and trainings to enable them to seek employment in the oil and gas sector. The survey also found that women are least considered for casual employment opportunities in the oil fields because the sub-contractors for the oil companies prefer employing men who are deemed ‘stronger’.